The Duke of Cambridge has been made the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. It comes as his brother gets set to begin his life away from the monarchy.

Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton, 38, will travel to Ireland between 3-5 March at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The 51-year-old Danish royal sustained a 'minor injury' to his left shoulder on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland last week. He is being treated at a highly specialised hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Prince William, 37 and Kate Middleton, 38, will make their first visit to Ireland between Tuesday 3 and Thursday 5 March and will visit Dublin, County Meath, and County Kildare during that time.

The Duchess of Cambridge, 38, selected a glitzy pair of daisy-shaped diamond earrings worth £17,300 as she arrived for her first official visit to the Republic of Ireland earlier today.

Kate Middleton, 38, stepped out in a stylish green gown by designer Alessandra Rich as she arrived in Dublin alongside Prince William, 37, ahead of their three-day visit to Ireland.

The Duke of Cambridge was speaking to locals while he and Kate spent quality time together outside Dublin and enjoyed a romantic clifftop walk on the Howth peninsula yesterday.

The UK's newest NHS Nightingale hospital has opened in Sunderland today, less than 24 hours after the flagship facility in the Capital was mothballed.

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England established complete dominance over a worn and wearied South Africa in Johannesburg, leaving themselves two days to convert their 465-run lead in the fourth Test into a series win.

PAUL NEWMAN IN JOHANNESBURG: Sam Curran believes Mark Wood has put fear into the South Africa batsmen ahead of the hosts' attempt to square the series.

NASSER HUSSAIN: The England dressing room did not exactly need lifting anyway but if anything could lift any team it has been Mark Wood's performance here.

England bowled South Africa out for 183 before lunch. It was then confirmed during the lunch break that England would bat again, opting not to enforce the follow-on with a lead of 217 runs.

PAUL NEWMANN IN JOHANNESBURG: It was highly apt that Mark Wood, such a potent and popular force in the last two Tests, should take the wicket that sealed a significant series victory for England.

PAUL NEWMAN AND RICHARD GIBSON: Jos Buttler may be given a stay of execution by England as there are concerns over how Ben Foakes plays the short ball.

England have beaten South Africa 3-1 and are up to third in the World Test Championship rankings. With a series against Sri Lanka coming up, how can they improve?

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MARTIN SAMUEL IN JOHANNESBURG: Jofra Archer is staring wistfully out at the Wanderers wicket, the fastest track in the world to many, all thin air and bounce.

Jofra Archer has been dogged by bone stress in the right elbow throughout the tour, reducing him to a single appearance in the 3-1 Test series victory - the opening defeat in Centurion.

RICHARD GIBSON IN PAARL: Jason Roy was forced to make another telling intervention to prevent Eoin Morgan's team being embarrassed in their opening outing as world champions.

England are contemplating dishing out a couple of debuts for their first one-day international as world champions on Tuesday with Tom Banton and Matt Parkinson in line for play.

Worcestershire off-spinner Moeen Ali revealed on Sunday that he misses playing for England ahead of talks with coach Chris Silverwood and captain Joe Root this week.

Eoin Morgan leads out his England team as world champions for the first time on Tuesday refusing to discount fronting their title defence in India in 2023.

RICHARD GIBSON IN DURBAN: Chris Jordan has backed England's experimental one-day team to replicate their Test counterparts and complete a turnaround series victory in South Africa.

Eoin Morgan's world champions will be looking to bounce back following a seven-wicket defeat in the first ODI on Tuesday. That was England's first match since being crowned world champions.

RICHARD GIBSON IN DURBAN - England's resolve to use the one-day series as a sink-or-swim trial for emerging players will occur in Johannesburg after wet weather wrecked the second match.

Dale Steyn is set to make his first international appearance in 11 months next week as the fast bowler has been recalled for South Africa's Twenty20 series versus England.

Joe Root concedes he is losing the fight to make England's squad for the Twenty20 World Cup this autumn. He admits that he is not in the current best XI.

Eoin Morgan's world champions will hope to avoid their first ODI bilateral series defeat in three years when they take on South Africa in Johannesburg.

Adil Rashid has ruled himself out of contention for the Test tour of Sri Lanka to leave England with a paucity of spin options for next month's two-match series.

RICHARD GIBSON IN JOHANNESBURG: England chased down a target of 257 to defeat South Africa by two wickets and square the one-day international series at 1-1.

INTERVIEW BY MIKE KEEGAN: David Willey was not surprised when the phone rang. On the other end of the line, Ed Smith, national selector, delivered the grim yet inevitable news.

NASSER HUSSAIN: If you were picking a tennis squad to play on clay you wouldn't fill it with grass court specialists so I can see the argument for horses-for-courses selections.

RICHARD GIBSON IN EAST LONDON: England's quest to become the first country to be crowned double world champions was launched with a whimper on the Eastern Cape on Wednesday night.

BBC Test Match Special are on the verge of signing a deal which will see them broadcast live ball-by-ball coverage of England's tour to Sri Lanka, according to The Telegraph .

RICHARD GIBSON IN PRETORIA: Moeen Ali says he still has a strong desire to prove himself as a Test player after targeting a return to the England team this summer.

South Africa and England contest the series-deciding third Twenty20 International at Supersport Park in Centurion on Sunday. Follow all the latest with our interactive scoreboard.

RICHARD GIBSON IN CENTURION: England showcased the brutal hitting they believe can unify international cricket's two world belts later this year.

England beat South Africa by two wickets to draw the one day international series on Sunday, with Joe Root and Joe Denly leading a successful chase.

After confirming their T20 series victory over South Africa in stunning style on Sunday, Sportsmail rates England's players on their performances throughout the series as the batsmen racked up the runs.

RICHARD GIBSON IN JOHANNESBURG: The successful 223-run pursuit at Centurion which settled the Twenty20 series versus South Africa was the second biggest in their history.

RICHARD GIBSON IN JOHANNESBURG: England entered the Twenty20 series in South Africa intent on taking the first step on the road to more global silverware.

The 29-year-old endured a difficult winter in red-ball cricket, with a top score of 43 in five matches across series in New Zealand and South Africa.

England begin their attempt to become double women's world champions on Saturday with new coach Lisa Keightley declaring they are 'planning for the final' and 'excited' about tournament.

England's hopes of becoming double women's world champions suffered a serious blow yesterday when they lost a Twenty20 World Cup match to South Africa for the first time.

EXCLUSIVE BY KISHAN VAGHELA: Pat Brown maybe hasn't been in professional cricket long enough to look retrospectively at what he has already achieved with ball in hand.

England's trio of young spinners led them to the Women's Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals on Sunday with six wickets between them in an emphatic 46-run victory over West Indies.

NASSER HUSSAIN - VERDICT: The first thing England's women should do ahead of Thursday's Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against India is do whatever the opposite is of a rain dance.

PAUL NEWMAN IN COLOMBO: England have banned autographs and selfies on their Sri Lankan tour and have asked supportersto keep their distance due to coronavirus.

England are considering calling off their tour of Sri Lanka before an anticipated 3,000 supporters leave home to head to Galle for the first Test.

The 24-year-old, who helped England win the 2019 World Cup, screenshot racist messages from an individual and posted them on his Instagram story on Monday evening.